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at all; the spines referred to on middle and posterior tibia are the usual 

 spurs. 



The species (ceteris) referred by Mr. G-rote to this genus has spinose 

 tibiae, and hairy vestiture and is a Melicliptria. 



S. propi'ius, Henry Edwards, Papilio l,p. 19 {Euros), PI. VIII, fig. 1.— Red- 

 dish brown primaries, with darker usual lines and a zigzag pale line near outer 

 margin: reniform and claviform yellowish; secondaries smoky black ; wings be- 

 neath smoky, with reddish brown margins. Expands .75 inch, 20 millim. 



Habitat. — California (.Siskiyou Co.). 



To the kindness of Mr. Edwards I owe the opportunity of making an 

 examination of the type. 



PSEITDAXTHOEC'IA. gen. nov. 



Eyes naked, small, somewhat oval, bidden in the dense vestiture of the 

 head, which is small and retracted ; clypeus bulging without projection : 

 palpi exceeding front, second joint heavily fringed beneath ; tongue mode- 

 rate ; thorax heavy, densely clothed above with long hair, forming a dis- 

 tinct tuft behind collar and another at base ; abdomen with lateral tut't- 

 ings toward tip more prominent in the % ; ovipositor of 9 lengthily ex- 

 truded ; wings short and narrow ; with depressed costa and scarcely pro- 

 duced apices ; fringes elongate ; tibiae entirely unarmed. 



Closely allied to the Janthinea Gruen., from which it differs only by 

 the absence of the flattened clypeal projection ; from Omia it differs in 

 the form of the wings, body and head ; from Anuria myrtilli only in 

 the naked eyes ; from Dasyxpoudaea in the non-spinose tibiae. It is 

 with some hesitation that I have created this genus, but I believe it to 

 be a necessity. It best fits into Janthinea, but lacks the very decided 

 clypeal projections of that genus. To Aiiarta myrtilli the insect bears 

 a very close resemblance while differing as above specified and in the 

 very salient oviduct of 9 ; from Lyyranthoeria brevis, its nearest Ameri- 

 can ally, it differs in the unarmed tibia which in brevis are strongly 

 marked, i PI. VII, fig. 33) the species is 



l». tumid a, Gr. Bull. Bkln. Ent.Soc. 3, 30 (Lygranthcecia), PI. VIII, fig. 2.— 

 Distinguished by the generic characters, the pale yellow primaries, with deep red 

 median shade crossed by an angulated white line beyond the middle; secondaries 

 black, with base yellow. Expands .75 to .90 inches, 20-24 millim. 

 Habitat. — Colorado. 



D1NYSPOIJDAE4, nov. gen. 



Eyes naked, globose ; head moderate, scarcely retracted ; tongue strong; 

 palpi well exceeding front, oblique, terminal joint evident, compressed ; 

 second joint moderately Fringed beneath ; thorax very heavy cyliudric, 

 with dense long hairy vestiture, forming a somewhat prominent rounded 



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